Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2013

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2013

This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on March 12, 2013.

This advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier.

The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.

03/06/2013 08:58 PM: EU fines Microsoft $732M over browser ballot debacle by Philipp Esselbach
European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers....

03/05/2013 08:13 PM: EU to hit Microsoft with 'large fine' Wednesday, says report by Philipp Esselbach
European antitrust regulators will reportedly slap Microsoft with a &quot;large fine&quot; Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser bal...